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"Much of this material has been previously published in French, under the title "Photographie et architecture moderne: la collection Alberto Sartoris ... This present work is the product of a collaboration between the Archives de la Construction Moderne (ACM) of the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland), the EPFL Press (Laussane, Switzerland), and the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rein, Germany). Its publication coincides with the exhibition "Der Blick der Moderne," organised by the Vitra Design Museum and featuring the photographs from the Alberto Sartoris Collection of the ACM.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Contents:

From collection to encyclopedia : issues and milestones of an exemplary undertaking / Antoine Baudin --
The Sartoris collection : a reflection of the modern movement / Antoine Baudin --
Furnishings and design in the Sartoris collection / Antoine Baudin --
The role of furniture photography in modernist propaganda / Arthur Rüegg --
Modern furniture from the collection of the Vitra Design Museum / Mathias Schwartz-Clauss --
Alberto Sartoris and the dissemination of modern architecture : milestones.